Um, elder scrolls should not be compared to the likes of horrendous games like mass effect or even a decent game like dragon age. The elder scrolls series are years in between one another. They take massive amounts of time, energy and workforce that they must be and are expected to be a top seller each release, they have had consistent success in doing this (much like GTA, but even longer waiting). They are the superstar of the modern open-world RPG world. Oblivion is better than all RPGs after it and it was a release title. Nothing on the Xbox or any console for that matter even came close to the master piece ES III was, that was my favorite. I cannot fuging wait I will be taking much time off work, elder scroll games are always worth playing. The only games coming close would be GTA series and maybe Two Worlds 2 if they do it right.